Guiding Question: What curriculum is needed for elite education to help the inequity in the United States?
I believe that much of school reform is focused on “fixing” broken schools. While I wholeheartedly agree that it is very necessary to improve education for low-income students, I also believe the country is missing an opportunity to address inequality through education of elite students. Different independent schools have different levels of social justice and empathy curriculums, but many could make lasting impacts on inequality in the U.S.
Below is posted my mind map with questions to address through research. I plan to use peer-reviewed articles and texts on this issue as well as interviews and suggestions from PHD candidate Kristin Sinclair, and Professor Swalwell at University of Maryland.
Possible Sources:
-Social Justice, Deferred Complicity, and the Moral Plight of the Wealthy by Riben Gaztambide-Fernandez, Adam Howard
I believe that much of school reform is focused on “fixing” broken schools. While I wholeheartedly agree that it is very necessary to improve education for low-income students, I also believe the country is missing an opportunity to address inequality through education of elite students. Different independent schools have different levels of social justice and empathy curriculums, but many could make lasting impacts on inequality in the U.S.
Below is posted my mind map with questions to address through research. I plan to use peer-reviewed articles and texts on this issue as well as interviews and suggestions from PHD candidate Kristin Sinclair, and Professor Swalwell at University of Maryland.
Possible Sources:
-Social Justice, Deferred Complicity, and the Moral Plight of the Wealthy by Riben Gaztambide-Fernandez, Adam Howard
-Educating Activist Allies by Swalwell
-Interviews with Swalwell
- http://www.aisne.org/ (Association of Independent Schools in New England)
-Interview with Princess Bomba (Head of Diversity at Wheeler School, RI)
-Tim Wise’s work